Select the Interface Tab and uncheck "Show Splash" and check "Prompt Quit".
This removes the annoying splash screen and also makes Blender prompt you to
save your file before quitting. I lost tons of work before I found this
checkbox.

Select the Editing Tab and enable both Material and Texture Duplication.
Objects that you copy will now have the original texture
and materials maps.

Select the Input tab.

If you are editing on a laptop that has no separate Numeric Keypad, click the
Emulate Numpad button.

If you hate the right-left select-action Blender method, you can swap it for
a more normal left-right select, right click action with the Select With button:

Select the Blender Addons tab. Scn through this list and enable
some of the more common file formats for Import-Export.

If you have difficulty seeing small things ( I do, as I have poor eyes ( and
am cross-eyed, too, go figure I would like 3-D modeling yet connot see 3-D)), you should select a theme that helps you see. The
lighter themes are good on older LCD's that are not very bright.

I also increase the size of the pixels for vertexes and face dots to make it
easier for me to see:

Blender File Tab

You will need to enable "Auto Run Blender Scripts" to use the MakeHuman
importer.

And you really want to show thumbnails for textures and enable thumbnails
blend files.

Your name as creator will be inserted into the file too, so now is the time
to fill it out.